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Subject: Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944

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- Letter from Berton Beck to Governor Benjamin Miller, and the response written by W. F. Covington, Governor Miller's recording secretary.
- 1934-04
- Beck, a farmer in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, asks for financial assistance. He explains that he has unsuccessfully applied for relief while other people, whose situations are better than his, have received it. In the second letter, Covington says that...
- 2009-09-15
- Telegram from Francis J. Gorman of the United Textile Workers of America in Washington, D.C., to Governor Benjamin Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1934-09-01
- Gorman was the chairman of the National Special Strike Committee of the union. In the message he announces that a strike will soon begin in textile mills across the country. He explains the workers' demands and maintains that "our strike will be an...
- 2010-02-10
- Correspondence to Harry L. Hopkins, discussing a building project at the Alabama State Training School for Girls in Jefferson County.
- 1934-02
- In a letter written February 23, 1934, Eva Comer Riding asks Hopkins for more funds from the Civil Works Administration, in order to complete the substantial work that has already been done at the school. Riding, daughter of former Governor Braxton...
- 2009-09-15
- Correspondence dealing with a Communist activities in Birmingham, Alabama.
- 1932-10
- In the first letter Brigadier General J. C. Persons of the Alabama National Guard sends Governor Benjamin Miller an account of recent events in Birmingham, which was submitted by another officer. The second letter contains the report of Second...
- 2009-08-24
- Letter from Jerry Martin to Governor Benjamin Miller, and the response written by W. F. Covington, Governor Miller's recording secretary.
- 1934-04
- In the first letter, written April 3, Martin explains that he is about 90 years old and in need of help; other people have suggested that he ask the governor for assistance. In the second letter, written April 4, Covington says that the state does...
- 2011-01-13
- Letters between Judge Paul Speake in Huntsville, Alabama, to Governor Benjamin Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1934-08
- In the first letter, written August 13, 1934, Judge Speake describes the strike at a local company, where "strikers are walking around, armed with shot-guns, pistols and rifles." He asks the governor to send the militia to help local authorities...
- 2010-02-10
- Letter from D. H. Turner, Governor Benjamin Miller's secretary, to Mrs. A. J. Allen, and Mrs. Allen's response to the governor.
- 1933-12
- In the first letter, written December 1, Turner informs Mrs. Allen that a letter she sent has been referred to the director of the Alabama Relief Administration. In the second letter, written December 18, Mrs. Allen explains that she has not heard...
- 2011-01-13
- Letters between Algernon Blair in Montgomery, Alabama, and Governor Benjamin Miller.
- 1933-12
- In the first letter, written December 18, 1933, Blair discusses a project to repair and restore the State Capitol, which will paid for in part by funds from the Civil Works Administration. The state must contribute money to the project as well, so...
- 2009-09-15
- Letters between J. J. Collins, principal of Kinsaul Junior High School in Newton, Alabama, and Governor Benjamin Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1934-01
- In the first letter, written January 5, 1934, Collins asks the governor to do all he can to prevent school closings; he also mentions that he has enclosed letters from his students on the subject. In the second letter, written January 6, 1934,...
- 2009-09-15
- Letter from Simon Tricksey, Sr., in Sunflower, Alabama, to Governor Benjamin Miller, and the response written by John H. Peach, Governor Miller's legal advisor.
- 1933-07
- In the first letter, written July 7, 1933, Tricksey explains that he is an African American with a large family to support. He has just lost his job with the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and he asks the governor to help him get employment or...
- 2009-09-15
- Letter from J. A. Murphy to Governor Benjamin Miller, and the response written by John H. Peach, Governor Miller's legal advisor.
- 1934-03
- In the first letter, written March 2, Murphy criticizes the governor's interference in a strike in Piper, Alabama, where he called out the National Guard: "Now Governor, wake up, the poor working people have the same right to live as you and the...
- 2011-01-13
- Letter from Frank Carter in Flomaton, Alabama, to Governor Benjamin Miller, and the response written by John H. Peach, Governor Miller's legal advisor.
- 1934-03
- In the first letter, written March 21, 1934, Carter explains that he is a sixty-four-year-old blind African American with no family or means of support. His home was recently sold to pay back taxes, and he asks the governor for advice and financial...
- 2009-09-15
- Letter from Mrs. Deller Williams in Brookwood, Alabama, to Governor Benjamin Miller, and the response written by John H. Peach, Governor Miller's legal advisor.
- 1934-03
- In the first letter, written March 21, 1934, Mrs. Williams explains that her children have not been able to go to school because she cannot afford shoes and clothes for them. She also mentions that her husband has been arrested. In the second...
- 2009-09-15
- Letters between Rachel Wheeler in Selma, Alabama, and Governor Benjamin Miller.
- 1934-03
- In the first letter, written March 23, 1934, Wheeler explains that she is an African American widow with three children; she asks the governor for financial assistance because she is unable to get work or relief money in Dallas County. In the...
- 2009-09-15
- Letters between M. H. Sterne in Birmingham, Alabama, and Governor Benjamin Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1932-05
- In the first letter, written May 13, 1932, Sterne suggests that "there is no form of relief through public works so quick or that will mean so large a percentage of disbursements for labor as road building." He has noticed that pending legislation...
- 2009-09-15
- Correspondence dealing with a strike at the Mobile Cotton Mills in Crichton, Alabama.
- 1933-10
- In the first letter, written October 31, 1933, Harry H. Smith describes the strike to Governor Benjamin Miller. To protest alleged violations of the National Recovery Administration's textile code, the strikers have been harassing the mill's...
- 2009-09-15
- Letters between M. W. Darby, general manager at Cherry Cotton Mills in Florence, Alabama, and Governor Benjamin Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1934-09
- In the first letter, written September 18, 1934, Darby describes the effect of the current national textile strike on his company. Armed strikers have been threatening employees, so the mill has been shut down. He asks the state to intercede since...
- 2010-02-10
- Telegrams between Senator Hiram Bingham of Connecticut, and Governor Benjamin Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1932-02
- In the first message, sent February 28, 1932, Bingham asks for the number of people in Alabama who are starving and the number who cannot find work. In the second message, sent February 29, 1932, Miller replies that he does not have the details...
- 2009-09-15
- Telegrams between Congressman Clarence J. McLeod of Michigan, and Governor Benjamin Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1932-05
- In the first message, sent May 4, 1932, McLeod refers to a legislative bill that would provide World War I veterans with land for farming, and he asks Alabama to contribute property. In the second message, sent May 5, 1932, Miller replies that the...
- 2009-09-15
- Letter from Bertha Mae Byrd, a fourteen-year-old student at Kinsaul Junior High School in Newton, Alabama, to Governor Benjamin Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1934-01-05
- In the letter Bertha explains that her school can not afford to stay open, and she asks the governor and the legislature to find a way to prevent the closing.
- 2009-09-15